There were a lot of facepalms surrounding this week's Top 5. Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week:
- Bush - The Sound of Winter
- Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
1. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#7) [Third Week at #1]
2. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera- Moves Like Jagger (#13)
3. LMFAO- Sexy and I Know It (#41)
4. Adele- Someone Like You (#8)
5. Cobra Starship feat. Sabi- You Make Me Feel... (#43)
6. Bruno Mars- It Will Rain (#2)
7. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#23)
8. Jessie J- Domino (#11)
9. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#5)
10. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#17)
11. Breathe Carolina- Blackout (#6)
12. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away (#4)
13. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#12)
14. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#1)
15. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#15)
16. Sean Kingston- Party All Night (Sleep All Day) (#14)
17. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#10)
18. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#19)
19. Selena Gomez & the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song (#9)
20. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#18)
21. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#29)
22. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#20)
23. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#21)
24. Matt & Kim feat. Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K.- I'm a Goner (#26)
25. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (DEBUT)
26. Foster the People- Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (#22)
27. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#25)
28. The Fray- Heartbeat (#16)
29. Kelly Rowland feat. Big Sean- Lay It on Me (#36)
30. Toby Keith- Red Solo Cup (#28)
31. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (#34)
32. Big Time Rush feat. Mann- Music Sounds Better With U (#38)
33. Train- Drive By (#24)
34. Mac Miller- Knock Knock (#31)
35. The Cab- Bad (#33)
36. LMFAO- Sorry for Party Rocking (#27)
37. The Downtown Fiction- Thanks for Nothing (#35)
38. Nicole Scherzinger- Don't Hold Your Breath (#30)
39. Young the Giant- Cough Syrup (#44)
40. Lady Gaga- You and I (#32)
41. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (DEBUT)
42. Cobra Starship feat. Plastiscines- Fool Like Me (#37)
43. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#39)
44. Kelly Clarkson- Mr. Know It All (#42)
45. Nicki Minaj- Super Bass (#3)
Biggest DDDDDRRRROOOOOPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!.........of the week: Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (-42)
Biggest Jump of the week: Tie between Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel and LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It (+38)
I'll briefly discuss the new entrants first, but that's only out of habit and not because it's the real meat of what happened this week. Gym Class Heroes Ft. Neon Hitch - Ass Back Home debuted. Similar to Stereo Hearts, it's a catchy chorus sung by a non-member of Gym Class Heroes intermixed with significantly worse verses, courtesy of Travie McCoy's standard flavor. Only the gap between the two is even more severe than Stereo Hearts, and not in a good way. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger may indeed be the sure-fire #1-potential new entrant the countdown hasn't seen in a long time, debuting all the way up at #25. Originally known for being lip-synched by Chris Berman to sell Toyotas, it's almost certainly overrated, but the countdown has seen far worse songs hit the top spot.
Alright, now for the elephant in the room. It was interesting to listen to this week's countdown. I started listening somewhere around #20 (and was aware of the bottom 5 songs as well), and by the time Bruno Mars - It Will Rain played at #6, all 5 of last week's Top 5 had been accounted for. This made me excited for some new blood at the top of the countdown, because other than David Guetta Ft. Usher - Without You, Maroon 5 Ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger, and Adele - Someone Like You, all of the usual suspects had already been accounted for. Even Adele - Set Fire to the Rain, the song apparently most on the cusp of making the jump to the countdown's elite, had already been played at #20. So just imagine my delight when I discovered that the two "mystery songs" were a totally random comeback from the decisively mediocre Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel and the never-even-been-in-the-top-5-before-and-never-should-have-been LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It, each jumping 38 spots on the countdown. In addition to that making no sense, it did a successful job at making me very, very angry. What a great week.
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars - Young, Wild & Free was listed as the #4 most downloaded song in that mini-segment last week, so here's hoping that it's just going to be a late bloomer.
Oh yeah, and really? I was plenty aware that Nicki Minaj - Super Bass didn't really need to be in the Top 5 anymore, but why did it get blasted all the way down to the bottom spot on the countdown so quickly?
Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars - Young, Wild & Free
Jessie J - Domino
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Cobra Starship- Fool Like Me
Big Time Rush Ft. Mann - Music Sounds Better With U
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